New Mexico Camping Taxes
Having just spent 7 weeks this winter in NM thought it was worthly of note to point out that we paid hotel taxes on the campsites in most cases. One was 15%. This was the first time we ran into this h...
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About the extra fees going to help fund the infrastructure you use while camped idea, it sounds plausible until you remember that the owner of the property already pays taxes on the assessed value of that property.
Those taxes are used for the costs of the infrastructure. Fire and police being part of that. That's why a developed campground or a hotel pays more property tax than a guy who owns an empty undeveloped field.
Assessments are based on property value. Any increase of value i.e. structures, water supply, sewer and utilities gets assessed higher and therefore pay more taxes because of the increased impact on the infrastructure.
The thought that campground campers or guests in a hotel need to pay for infrastructure again on top of the space/room charge is totally about extra income for the state. Period.
That is what we call double dipping where I come from.
And sadly it happens just about everywhere.
Those taxes are used for the costs of the infrastructure. Fire and police being part of that. That's why a developed campground or a hotel pays more property tax than a guy who owns an empty undeveloped field.
Assessments are based on property value. Any increase of value i.e. structures, water supply, sewer and utilities gets assessed higher and therefore pay more taxes because of the increased impact on the infrastructure.
The thought that campground campers or guests in a hotel need to pay for infrastructure again on top of the space/room charge is totally about extra income for the state. Period.
That is what we call double dipping where I come from.
And sadly it happens just about everywhere.
